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Adult Star Brenna Sparks Wants Models to Get Paid in Crypto [VIDEO]

By Jenna Owsianik, Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net

March 20, 2019

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Is blockchain the path to financial freedom for sex workers?

At this year's AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, I had the pleasure of speaking to model and SpankChain advisor Brenna Sparks.

Spark became interested in cryptocurrency after her bank blocked access to her funds because of her work in adult films. She eventually regained access, thanks to her dedicated fans. However, the rotten experience pushed her into finding a better way to protect her earnings.

She's since brought incredible attention to crypto and blockchain, touting it for offering models better financial security than traditional banks. In 2018, CoinDesk also ranked her as one of the top ten most influential people in blockchain.

You can watch my brief interview with Brenna Sparks below. She speaks about how and why sex workers can get paid in cryptocurrency. The video transcript of the interview is posted underneath.

Brenna Sparks: Hey, I'm Brenna Sparks.

Jenna Owsianik: So what's your favorite thing about cryptocurrency?

Brenna Sparks: My favorite thing about cryptocurrency is the financial freedom, that we don't have to deal with a middleman. We don't have to deal with cam sites taking all of our earnings. We don't have to deal with content sellers taking our earnings. We don't have to deal with chargebacks, and we don't have to wait for our money and we can get it instantly.

Jenna Owsianik: What advice do you have for other performers who might want to start using crypto as a form of payment? What would you say to them?

Brenna Sparks: I would say that you don't need to deal with banks. Just cut off the banks and just control your own earnings. Cryptocurrency is really hard, but it's really worth the effort.

Jenna Owsianik: Great, thanks. Is there anything else you wanted to add?

Brenna Sparks: Let's see. If you're an adult performer, you should definitely check out SpankChain, if not just SpankChain, just make sure you just look up Bitcoin or Ethereum or a cryptocurrency in general and just get started.

Jenna Owsianik

Jenna Owsianik is a Canadian journalist and sex tech expert. Since 2014 she has been Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net, the world’s leading publication on how technology is changing human sexuality, today and tomorrow.

Jenna is the primary author of the Future of Sex Report (2016).

Her expertise covers state-of-the-art sex technologies and the major fields driving innovations in intimacy: robotics, virtual reality, remote sex (teledildonics), immersive adult entertainment, human augmentation, virtual sex, and sexual health.

A trained journalist with a Masters of Journalism from The University of British Columbia, Jenna’s reporting has appeared on Futurism.com, Al Jazeera English, CTV British Columbia online, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS 60 Minutes, Global News, and CKNW Radio in Canada and the United States.

As a sex tech industry consultant, she is especially passionate about helping companies deliver accessible services and products to people with disabilities and other underserved communities.

Jenna also runs the sites SexforEveryBody.com, a sex-positive, body-positive online magazine that promotes inclusive sex education; and DisabledSexGuide.com, an adult resource on sex, disability, and erotica.

In 2013, Jenna won two Canadian Online Publishing Awards for her work on The Pain Project, a multimedia site on global access to palliative care.

She won second place at the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism’s Public Health category for her participation in the documentary Freedom From Pain.

Jenna has an Honors BA in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research as well as a French minor from The University of Western Ontario. She spent a year studying at L’Université Lumière Lyon 2 in Lyon, France.